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this is bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. it is leicester city s turn to take centre stage. as the race to avoid relegation continues in the premier league this evening. they face champions league chasing liverpool at the king power. leicester were resoundly beaten by fulham last monday and go into this one inside the relegation zone. victory though moves them out of the bottom three but they take on a liverpool side who ve just won six in a row, and their manager knows what challenge awaits them. what we have to expect as a team, who wants to stay in the league and will fight with all we have, that is what we have to expect. i said, this is now the realfight what we have to expect. i said, this is now the real fight and we have to make sure we are ready for that so thatis make sure we are ready for that so that is not an easy game against newcastle and they need all the points they can get. i newcastle and
if president recep tayyip erdogan should remain in power after 20 years may end in a run off vote. the islamic party of the incumbent president erdogan is being challenged by a secularist candidate, kemal kilicdaroglu. both men have dismissed the other side s claims to be in the lead. counting has continued throughout the day. this is one of the country s most critical elections. the country is dealing with soaring inflation, and is still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. these are live pictures from the streets of turkey where people are awaiting a result. let s cross live to our middle east corrrespondent anna foster, who joins us from outside the governing ak party s headquarters in the turkish city of adana. voting has been going on for quite a while now, we have had one side claiming they are in the lead and then the other side, so i suppose it shows usjust then the other side, so i suppose it shows us just how tight it is? i